Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: white

Kunyomi: しろ しら- しろ.い

Onyomi: ハク ビャク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しろ

Meaning: white

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

紙(はくし)   white paper

人(はくじん)   Caucasian

鳥(はくちょう)   swan

(くうはく)   blank space

な(めいはくな)   obvious

夜(びゃくや)   white (arctic) night

い(しろい)   white

髪(しらが)   white or grey hair

Onyomi Examples

ハク white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian

ハクイ white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson

ビハク beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)

ヒョウハク blanching, bleaching

ハクイ white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson

ビャクヤ night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set

ケイハク Yours Sincerely

Kunyomi Examples

しろ white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white go stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine

しろい white

おもしろ amusing, funny, interesting

蘿蔔 すずしろ daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

しろい white

しろいろ white